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The number itself should be called with a slight pause between the hundreds and the tens, thus, "Watkins pause five, nine pause hundred" for "Watkins 5900" or "Murray Hill pause four, two pause six, three" for "Murray Hill 4263." The reason for this is that the switchboard before which the operator sits is honeycombed with tiny holes arranged in sections of one hundred each.
Tina, already mentioned, their principal peaks are Mt. Rio Grande, 6900 feet, overlooking the beautiful Constanza Valley, and Mt. Valdesia, 5900 feet high. One of the best defined ranges on the south is the Sierra del Agua, which runs south from the Central Cordillera to the San Juan River. The branches on the north are even more numerous and cover a greater area.
Each section is numbered and each of the holes within it is the termination of a subscriber's line. In locating "Watkins 5900" the girl first finds the section labelled "59" and then the "00" hole in that section, and if the "59" is given first she has found it by the time the subscriber has finished calling the number. The number should be pronounced slowly and distinctly.
In the old building the 27,000 gallons consumed daily is supplied by the New River Company. It is, however, due to the 5900 human beings who labour in both buildings to state that at least 55,000 of these gallons are swallowed by steam-engines on the premises.
Port Republic was the battle most costly to the Army of the Valley during the whole campaign. Out of 5900 Confederates engaged 804 were disabled.* 4 Regiments of Winder's Brigade 1200 The Louisiana Brigade, 5 regiments 2500 Scott's Brigade, 3 regiments 900 31st Virginia Cavalry 400 The Federal losses were heavier. The success which the Confederates had achieved was undoubtedly important.
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